Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet

Thu Jul 26 17:32:12 UTC 2018

Steve,

You are simply wrong. The sea level is rising at an increasing rate. The average sea level will go up by 30 centimeters to 1 meter by 2100. And of course, the storm surge will increase by a multiple of that.

Sources: NOAA.

It means access networks along the two coasts will be increasingly down.

r.

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From: NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org> on behalf of Naslund, Steve <SNaslund at medline.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 7:08 PM
To: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: RE: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet

So, I accept the data.  Going back to 1880 I will be generous and say that you have a 250 mm rise in sea level (which is about 10 inches for us Imperial types).  I think we will probably be ready to outrun that problem.  Let's get back to real network threats like BGP Hijacking which can wipe you out tomorrow.

Steven Naslund
Chicago IL

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>Science https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/
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>Give the data yourself.